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bn:00008530n

Noun Concept

Categories: Steel objects, Wire, Area denial weapons, All pages needing cleanup, Fences

barbed wire barbwire barb wire Barb Wire Fence barbed-wire

Strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage WordNet 3.0

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Strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Barbed wire, also known as barb wire, is a type of steel fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strands. Wikipedia

Steel fencing wire Wikipedia Disambiguation

Type of steel fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strand Wikidata

Intertwined wires with sharp edges or points arranged at regular intervals along the strand. OmegaWiki

Twisted strands of steel wire, often coated with zinc, having barbs evenly spaced along them; used to construct agricultural and military fences. Wiktionary

Twisted strands of steel wire. Wiktionary (translation)

IS A

wire

HAS PART

barb

HAS KIND

concertina

DESCRIBED BY SOURCE

Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition

DISCOVERER OR INVENTOR

Joseph Glidden

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet